Andrew Gwynne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.

Mark Lancaster

This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The Ministry of Defence takes theft seriously and works hard to detect and deter it. There are robust processes in place to raise awareness of the need for vigilance in all aspects of security.